Memory crisis is getting so bad that even retro RAM prices are going to the Moon
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- Google envisions a future where AI and inexact queries dominate data platforms, with humans possibly not using them within 3-5 years.
- The UK's tech legacy under a departing prime minister faces contradictions in boosting growth, efficiency, and sovereign tech, with ongoing challenges for successors.
- Anthropic's situation with the Trump administration appears to involve bullying over non-compliance, potentially harming the cybersecurity community.
- Amazon's VP Eric Brandwine criticizes 'human-in-the-loop' AI governance, arguing humans are not effective in these roles.
- Tensordyne bets on logarithmic math as an alternative to compute-heavy multiplications, aiming to compete with Nvidia.
- Russian actors are impersonating Signal support for phishing, alongside US takedowns of Iranian propaganda and data privacy inquiries.
- Microsoft's patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint vulnerabilities, now under zero-day attack, with other updates on surveillance and Ring.
- DEF CON's Franklin project expands to include hackers in hardening critical infrastructure, building on success from voting villages.
- EQT acquires a majority stake in Acronis at a valuation over $3.5 billion, though specifics of the sale portion are unclear.
- Mikko Hyppönen notes no end in sight for corporate ransomware after ten years, but highlights infosec as a stable career choice.
- Bcachefs leaves experimental status in a performance release, facing challenges with AI and incorporating more Rust.
- France's digital sovereignty push struggles against Microsoft's dominance, with Nextcloud storage succeeding but Office migration difficult.
- CentOS evolved from a biochemist's hobby into a default enterprise OS after community efforts post-Red Hat's Windows endorsement.
- Netflix's Project Headroom, an open-source app, aims to reduce AI costs significantly for users.
- OpenBSD 7.9 adds features like more cores and basic Wi-Fi 6 while maintaining its ascetic design philosophy.
- Fedora loses the Deepin desktop but gains Microsoft as a new ally in its free distribution.